| Bob Cottingham | |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Orange, New Jersey, United States |
| Sport: | Fencing |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Bob Cottingham (born April 16, 1966) is an American fencer who competed in the sabre events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]
Raised in Orange, New Jersey playing football and lacrosse, Cottingham got into fencing as a high school student at Montclair Kimberley Academy.[2]
He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. A four-time All-American in fencing at Columbia University, Cottingham went on to receive a J.D. from Rutgers University and now heads a business consulting firm, Sabre88.[3]
He is also heavily involved with the Peter Westbrook Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to exposing New York City youths to fencing.[3]
In November 2012, he was named as a 2013 recipient of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, presented each year to six distinguished former student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of the end of their college sports careers.[3]